---
type: lake
name: "Placid Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Bay Lake"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 183
max_depth_ft: 39
latitude: 46.42768
longitude: -93.88494
lake_score: 27
dnr_lake_id: "18007600"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/placid-lake
---

# Placid Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Bay Lake

- **Surface Area**: 183 acres
- **Max Depth**: 39 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.7 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 27/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Placid Lake is an 183-acre lake near Bay Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 39 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.7 miles of shoreline.

The DNR has no fish survey on file for this lake, so treat any fishing as exploratory.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 17, based on 9 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Activities

Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

No DNR fish survey on file

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 17
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2007-04-07
- **Latest**: 2022-05-01

## Nearby Lakes

- [Portage Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/portage-lake-deerwood-crow-wing) - 1.5 miles, 130 acres
- [Hamlet Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/hamlet-lake) - 1.6 miles, 307 acres
- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/clearwater-lake) - 2.6 miles, 905 acres
- [Shirt Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/shirt-lake) - 2.7 miles, 231 acres
- [Lake Reno](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lake-reno) - 2.8 miles, 167 acres
- [Bay](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bay) - 3.4 miles, 2,330 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.42768,-93.88494)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18007600)
- [All lakes in Crow Wing County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/placid-lake)*